Shaving device



Dec. 4,r 1951 H. THIRRING SHAVING DEVICE med may 5, 194e Patented Dec. 4, 195i Application May 5, 1.948, serial No. 25,225 v InAustria May 12, 1947 2 Claims.

(Cil. 30-43) .This invention relates to shaving devices, and

more particularly to electrically driven dryshaving devices.

Various forms of electrical shaving devices are known, using `an oscillating or rotating cutting system co-.operating with a stationary cutting :system which is provided in the casing surrounding the moving cutter. The cutting capacity of 'such devices is determined by their characteristicmechanical values, e. g. the operative lengthl of cutting edges andthe eiectve cutting speed. The said values of the known devices, however,

are suchas to limit the cutting capacity to such an extent that dry-shaving involves a considerable loss of time, as vcompared with the simple method using soap and safety razor.

If L denotes the operative length of cutting edges, o denotes the eliective cutting speed, that is, the operative component of speed perpendic- .ular to the cutting edge, and 1L the number of vrevolutions of the motor, there is obtained a 'characteristic indicating the area over which the cutting edges pass at each revolution of themotor, thus providing a value for comparison with respect to the efciency of the shaving devices.

'All the above mentioned systems with oscillating' cutting edges are subjected to the defect ofi too small a cutting speed, even in case of an advantageous length of the Vcutting edges, while Vthe rotating systems, although the length of the cutting edges is a suflicient one and the cutting .speedbeingseemingly great, the shape and the.. l 'position of their stationary cutting members are iinadequate, since it consists of a system of apertures or at best of short slots, the angular position of which with respect to the moving cutting Aedges is so disadvantageous that the eiectivei` cutting speed resulting from the relative movement of the cutting edges is a very small one.

There are other forms of suchv devices known,

.using cutting systems provided at the end surfaceY of the cutting block, which devices showy comparatively longY slots and also a more adequate position of the two cutting systems with regard to each other, but the rotation cutting head has very short cutting edges as a yconse- ',guence oiitsspecialshape.' K h ,Thus the improprieties of the known devices as mentioned at the beginning result from the fact that it was not possible heretofore to provide iatthe same time adequate, that is great values of L and o, and consequently no maximum cutting capacity was obtained.

. Other considerable defects of all the known system-s consist in the fact that slots provided in .the casing of the shaving head are extremely small vand consequently it is very troublesome and takes up much time to catch all the hair,

Vthus shaving directly becomes an exercise of\ patience. Another defect is to be seen in the fact that the stationary cutting edges are formed by the perpendicular sides of the slots, resulting in the remaining bristles of the beard having a length at least equal to the thickness of Wall Vof that casing.

object of my invention is to provide an electrical shaving device comprising a stationary cylindrical casing provided with a series of substantially parallel slots, said slots being arranged in an area in the shape of a longitudinal strip and extending over the entire effective width of the casing, and comprising a power-driven cylindrical cutter rotatably arranged within said casing and provided with a multiple-thread helical cutting system of steep pitch and wherein "said slots ofthe casing are inclined in the same Vsense as the cutting meansA of the cutter, their inclination being only a little less steep than that of said cutting means. By means of said advantageous .arrangement maximum values of the operative length L of the cutting edges as well as of the eiective cutting speed 'u are obtained for the vrst time, thus very remarkably improving the cutting capacity of my device compared to the amount of the capacity of the known devices, and that without increasing the number `of revolutions of the motor, as clearly comes forth from the formula of the characteristic K. Furthermore there are taken arrangements in my device for readily and positively catching up `all the hair, and moreover to reduce the length of the remaining bristles to a fraction of those left behind by the hitherto known devices.

. In accordance with the invention the slots forming the stationary cutting system are wedgelike enlarged at their ends, thus the Wider end of the slots are forewarddirected with regard to the working stroke of the device, whereby even that hair is caught which is not directly in the reach of the slot.

Furthermore the cutting edges of the slots provided in the casing of the shaving head are tapered such as to V-like enlarge towards the outer surface of the casing, thus the inner edges of the slots adjacent to the revolving core form cutting edges, resulting in a further advantage in the shaving operation.

Particularly the said tapering is adapted to improve the shaving by enabling the skin to closely press into the flat troughs of the slots, thus rendering it possible to cut oi the hair possibly 'close to the skin and the remaining bristles of beard are considerably shorter than the thickness of the casing wall, resulting in a closer shave.

Preferably, the cutting edges arranged on the Y rotatable cutter are also of acute angular shape.

The said cylindrical cutter revolves Ywithin a casing preferably of cylindrical shape and being made of extremely thin material. A system of slots being parallel to each other and constituting portions of a multiple-thread are arranged in an Larea-fin the shape `of `a longitudinal strip of a width of approximately 1,4 of the circumference lof the `casing corresponding to the .effective width lof thelatter in such `a manner, that said kslots preferably 20", Vrelative to each other.

Preferably, after the completion of the cylindrical shape of the casing, the cutting .edges of the latter are sharpened by turning, grinding or polishing from the inside; if desired, the rotary cutter may be fitted yexactly into the casing at the same time.

Preferably the diameter of the cylindrical cutter issomewhat smaller than the inside diameter of fthe casing Yso as to reduce frictional flosses. The cylindrical cutter journalled `in the :casing with lateral play -is urged by rresilient .means against said springs. Preferably, said cylindrical cutter is driven by a-fleXible shaft.

Except the operating .area of the casing, its shape may differ from the cylindrical one, Y.for

instance for the accommodation of theL spring bearings of the shaft.

AIn 'order to reduce raising .of temperature caused by friction, the casing made of thin sheet metal may be surrounded by a jacket of greater thickness of wall and having a great capacity for conduction of heat, such jacket has to clear Voff that .portion of the casing which is provided =of Fig. f1, and

Fig. 3 is a view of the outer cutting member on a larger scale.

Referring to Fig. 1 an electroinotor I is encased in a casing serving as a handle, to the flexible shaft 2 of the electromotor is fixed a cutter core or block 3 provided with backed off helical cutting edges 4. The block 3 is surrounded by a cylindrical casing 5 constituting the outer cutting member and showing slots 6 arranged in parallel such as to form acute angles with the cutting edges 4- The journals 8 of the cylindrical cutter 3 are engaged with ball bearings 9, the casings l0 of which are subject to the lateral pressure of the spring Il riveted to the cylindrical casing 5 at a .point diametrically opposite to the vslots 6. Thus the rotary cutter 3 having a diameter slightly .smaller than the inside diameter of the casing 5 is resiliently held under slight pressure against tthev,.slojts 6 of the casing, so that a perfectly tting engagement of the two cutting systems is assured.

As shown lin Fig. 2 the cutter block 3 is eccen- :trically arranged with regard to the outer cutting member Il contacting its internal surface at a portion where the thickness of wall of the member `5 reduced compared with the remaining portion of the wall.

The fmemberor casing `5 lmade of thin sheet metal., for example s-teel sheet metal, the wall of which is even thinner at the place where the :slots l5 fare located. The remaining portion of `the casing T5 outside the area containing the Y'slots -is embraced by 'a jacket 'lf2 of heat .conducting material the wall of which is of greater thickness.

"The :inclined slots i6 of the member '5 (Fig. 3) are wedge-shaped enlarged each at yone of its ends. .In order Yto obviate a vcritical weakening of k-the `ribs r'l :between the slots 6, the wedge- :shaped enlargements Vof the slots are :alternatively provided at 4opposite vends of the respective slots,A at 'the same time :enabling rthe device-to be used in both directions of movement. Preferably the cross-'sections 'of the l.slots are V-shaped `a'nd the outer-edges of the 'ribs 1 may be rrounded olf.

Mea-nslare provided inthe usual way 'to'rem'ove the icut hair out of `vthe Adevice when the ymember' 5 is detached from the latter. Furthermore `a. suitable insulation is provided lto protect the user of the device against contact with currentgcarrying parts in case of `.cable faults or -damage .of lcertain*par-ts I of the device.

Due to its high cutting capacity the device according toY this invention is suitable not only Vfor `private use Abut, for professional rbarbers too.

jeiaim is: f

-1. iA shaving ldevice comprising: a casing, and a power-driven -substantially cylindrical `'cutter rotatably Varranged said casing, -saidvcutter being provided-at its circumference with multiple- 'thread helical cutting means having asteep pitch, a portion of the wall of said casing 4being provided with 'aseries Iof islots being 'substantially paralle'l to 'each other and `=being arranged in an "area substantially in the shape of a longitudinal vrstrip, said slots'constituting :portions of a multiple thread having a pitch little less than the pitch of said cutting meansfeach'ofsaid slots being in 5 the shape of a wedge tapering from a compara.- tively broad portion at one of its ends towards a comparatively thin portion at its other end, the broad portions of alternate slots being arranged at one side of said strip, and the thin portions 5 of the remaining alternate slots being arranged at the same side of said strip between said forementioned broad portions.

2. In a shaving device as claimed in claim A1, said slots and said cutting means being at an 10 angle of less than 26 relative to each other.

HANS TI-HRRING.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record 1n the 15 file of this patent:

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